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Salivary Gland Heterotopia in the Gastroesophageal Junction: A Case Series and Review of the Literature

Heterotopia is defined as the presence of mature, histologically normal, tissue in unusual anatomic sites. When this heterotopic tissue forms a mass, it is called a choristoma. This case series describes 3 cases of gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) salivary heterotopias. While heterotopias are usually...

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Autores principales: Abdul Karim, Lina, Kwon, Dong Hyang, Ozdemirli, Metin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6186366/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30363982
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/6078581
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description Heterotopia is defined as the presence of mature, histologically normal, tissue in unusual anatomic sites. When this heterotopic tissue forms a mass, it is called a choristoma. This case series describes 3 cases of gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) salivary heterotopias. While heterotopias are usually incidental findings, choristomas can clinically and endoscopically mimic carcinomas and might lead to unnecessary procedures for the patients. Clinicians should therefore be aware of this entity. Literature search, however, failed to show any reports of salivary gland heterotopias in the GEJ. In fact, literature review revealed only 6 reported cases of salivary gland choristoma in the gastrointestinal tract, none at the GEJ. In this case series, we report 2 cases of salivary gland heterotopia and one case of salivary gland choristoma arising at the GE junction. To our knowledge, this is the first series of its kind in the literature.
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spelling pubmed-61863662018-10-24 Salivary Gland Heterotopia in the Gastroesophageal Junction: A Case Series and Review of the Literature Abdul Karim, Lina Kwon, Dong Hyang Ozdemirli, Metin Case Rep Gastrointest Med Case Report Heterotopia is defined as the presence of mature, histologically normal, tissue in unusual anatomic sites. When this heterotopic tissue forms a mass, it is called a choristoma. This case series describes 3 cases of gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) salivary heterotopias. While heterotopias are usually incidental findings, choristomas can clinically and endoscopically mimic carcinomas and might lead to unnecessary procedures for the patients. Clinicians should therefore be aware of this entity. Literature search, however, failed to show any reports of salivary gland heterotopias in the GEJ. In fact, literature review revealed only 6 reported cases of salivary gland choristoma in the gastrointestinal tract, none at the GEJ. In this case series, we report 2 cases of salivary gland heterotopia and one case of salivary gland choristoma arising at the GE junction. To our knowledge, this is the first series of its kind in the literature. Hindawi 2018-09-30 /pmc/articles/PMC6186366/ /pubmed/30363982 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/6078581 Text en Copyright © 2018 Lina Abdul Karim et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_fullStr Salivary Gland Heterotopia in the Gastroesophageal Junction: A Case Series and Review of the Literature
title_full_unstemmed Salivary Gland Heterotopia in the Gastroesophageal Junction: A Case Series and Review of the Literature
title_short Salivary Gland Heterotopia in the Gastroesophageal Junction: A Case Series and Review of the Literature
title_sort salivary gland heterotopia in the gastroesophageal junction: a case series and review of the literature
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6186366/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30363982
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/6078581
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